Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, ...
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The Thiaroye massacre remains a contentious historical episode as Senegal marks its 80th anniversary. In 1944, West African soldiers, part of the French colonial army, were killed by French troops ...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...
As Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the massacre, calls for accountability from France grow louder amid unresolved ...
Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War ...
The West African country has long demanded its former coloniser take responsibility, officially apologise and properly ...
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. At the ceremony held at the military cemetery in Thiaroye ...
The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in ...
Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...